Impressive Forster attracting interest from Barcelona

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Forster excelled in the Celtic’s Champions League group H defeat by BarcelonaLee Smith

Phil Gordon

Last updated at 12:01AM, October 4 2013

Fraser Forster, the Celtic goalkeeper, is being touted in Spain for a move to
Barcelona to fill the gloves of Víctor Váldes when the present Barcelona No
1 leaves the Nou Camp this summer, probably for the Barclays Premier League.

The idea has been floated by influential Barcelona-based newspaper Sport,
which reported that Forster’s latest ­impressive showing against Barça in
the Champions League should be enough to convince the Catalan club to
prepare a €10 million(about £8.4 million) bid to secure Forster in June.

Forster was recalled to the England squad yesterday by Roy Hodgson — although
he is unlikely to play — just